Ratings, Distribution, and Generation Switches
The serial also aired in Sri Lanka on Sirasa TV weekdays at 8:00 pm. In this version, it was dubbed into Sinhala and the name of the drama was changed to Maha Gedara ("Big Home" in Sinhalese). The serial was aired in Afghanistan on Tolo TV weekdays in dubbed Dari. In Pakistan it was aired on Star Plus (from India) at 10:00 pm.
It maintained double-digit television rating points (TRPs) for over five years in succession. The show scored an all-time high TRP of 22.1 (meaning an average audience of 110.5 million) when Mihir returned to his home to stop Tulsi from getting married. In June 2006, the show took a second leap of 20 years, after Tulsi was thrown out of the house by her husband Mihir, who thought that she had deliberately killed his mother Savita. In June 2007, Smriti Irani left the show and was replaced by Gautami Kapoor. However, due to the consequential falling of TRPs, the producer decided to bring back Smriti Irani as Tulsi.
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